Can you believe the President Trump fast food feast was just a few days ago? It's been a bit of a week, and as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said after a chaotic floor vote on Thursday: “a very difficult week.”

“When one doesn’t have the talent, one appreciates it,” Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva said of his love of art and photography. The walls of his Longworth office are adorned with dozens of paintings, photos and masks representing various cultures and icons in Arizona’s 3rd District.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave her maiden House floor speech Wednesday evening, highlighting a federal air traffic controller from her district who is working without pay due to the partial government shutdown.

“It is terrifying to think that almost every single air traffic controller in the United States is currently distracted at work because they don’t know when their next paycheck is coming,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Attorney general nominee William Barr (who previously served in the position under President George H.W. Bush) faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The nominee's position on the investigation is a top priority for several senators. Despite Barr's past criticism of the investigation, the former attorney general called Mueller a good friend who would not engage in a “witch hunt.”

President Donald Trump gave a televised primetime address from the Oval Office Tuesday night to discuss what he called a “growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border,” as negotiations on funding the federal government continue to stall over Trump's proposed border wall.

The 116th Congress began on Jan. 3, 2019, in the midst of a partial government shutdown with no end in sight. Nonetheless, Nancy Pelosi took over as speaker, Rep. Daniel Lipinski brought a Schoolhouse Rock toy to the House floor and Sen. Elizabeth Warren opined about her New Year’s Eve beer choice.

Shortly after she was elected speaker and formally swore in the 116th Congress, Nancy Pelosi had a very important job: pose in a marathon of photo-ops with the newly christened members. The so-called mock swearing-in ceremony in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol saw Pelosi racing back and forth to take pictures with as many new members as possible....

Nancy Pelosi was elected to be speaker on Thursday, despite 15 defections from her own party. Here's a cut of all the Democrats who did not vote for the longtime party leader, as well as the six Republicans who did not vote for their party's nominee — Kevin McCarthy. ...

Congressional leaders emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday without any clear path for ending the partial government shutdown. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer said the House will still hold a vote Thursday, once the 116th Congress begins and Democrats gain power, on a measure to reopen the government, despite Trump saying he would not sign it.

Presumptive Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hoping to restore so-called regular order to the operations of the House, just like Speaker Paul D. Ryan promised to do in 2015. Roll Call takes a look at previous calls for reviving an orderly legislative process in Congress, as well as what exactly regular order means....

As the 115th Congress limps across the finish line with several unfinished spending bills and a partially shutdown federal government, Hits and Misses takes a look back at our favorite funny, awkward and downright bizarre moments from the House and Senate in 2018.

With the non-stop shutdown showdown brewing on the chamber floors this week, Senate Democrats found time to sing Christmas carols, Speaker Paul D. Ryan boasted about being punctual to a press briefing about federal funding and, well, there was a lot of shutdown talk....

It was a non-stop few days of news in Washington with lawmakers grilling Google CEO Sundar Pichai about how iPhones work, a handful of farewell speeches in the Senate and Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Charles E. Schumer joining President Donald Trump and a stoic Vice President Mike Pence for a hectic Oval Office chat.

At the end of what could be Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s final colloquy together on the House floor (both move to new leadership roles next Congress) McCarthy presented Hoyer with a holiday surprise....

The Senate passed a bill to overhaul the process for handling sexual harassment issues on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning. GOP Sen. Roy Blunt and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar worked with other Senate and House leaders on the final version of the bill, which easily passed the Senate by unanimous consent.

“This is going to be better for victims, and I’m proud that the Senate has come together on a bipartisan basis to get this bill done,” Klobuchar said shortly after the bill’s passage.

Longtime Sen. Orrin G. Hatch is retiring after nearly 42 years in the Senate, where he served as the chamber’s Pro Tempore since 2015. As he prepares to leave Washington, Roll Call joined the outgoing member for a tour of his Hart office, where he showed off his Book of Mormon, a rifle given to him by the NRA and a recent gift from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell....